A STUDY OF 1,153 CASES OF SCARLET FEVER
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- 27 May 1916
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. LXVI (22) , 1667-1669
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1916.02580480001001
Abstract
It is the primary purpose of this paper to report on an investigation into the sequelae of scarlet fever. It has been possible, in addition, to examine some general characteristics of the cases under review, and these, too, will be considered in the report. The plan which has been followed was developed in a study of the sequelae of typhoid fever,1namely, to trace the condition of the survivors of the disease as far as is possible through an interval of four or five years subsequent to recovery, and to note especially the occurrence of any undue number of deaths during this period from causes which may be considered sequelae of the primary disease. In the case of typhoid fever, I was able to show that, in a series of 1,428 cases in which the patients had survived the attack of that disease, the mortality during the three followingKeywords
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